Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her OwnContemporary Feminist Theatres is a major evaluation of the forms feminism has taken in the theatre since 1968. Lizbeth Goodman provides a provocative and interdisciplinary study of the development of feminist theatres in Britain. She examines the treatment of key issues such as gender, race, sexuality, language and power in performance. Based on original research and fresh data, Contemporary Feminst Theatres is a fully comprehensive and admirably clear analysis of a flourishing field of practice and inquiry. |
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I L L U S T R A T I O N S 1 A theatreofherown:GillianHannaasShakespeare's Sister, Monstrous Regiment, ... 4 Nicola Kathrens andSarah Kevney asloversinHer Aching Heart, byBryony Lavery for Women's Theatre Group, 1990.
I L L U S T R A T I O N S 1 A theatreofherown:GillianHannaasShakespeare's Sister, Monstrous Regiment, ... 4 Nicola Kathrens andSarah Kevney asloversinHer Aching Heart, byBryony Lavery for Women's Theatre Group, 1990.
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Most importantly,one group of childrenat the Baden Street Settlement in Rochesterand another at the Central Institute ... The Cambridge Footlights Women were always, butalways, thereto deflate my theories and translate them intoliving ...
Most importantly,one group of childrenat the Baden Street Settlement in Rochesterand another at the Central Institute ... The Cambridge Footlights Women were always, butalways, thereto deflate my theories and translate them intoliving ...
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Thissection discussesthe development offeminist theatre, arguingthatsimilarities can be tracedbetween typesof ... Women's Theatre Group haschangedits name twicesince thisstudy wasbegun: firsttoTheNational Theatreof Women(in early 1991) ...
Thissection discussesthe development offeminist theatre, arguingthatsimilarities can be tracedbetween typesof ... Women's Theatre Group haschangedits name twicesince thisstudy wasbegun: firsttoTheNational Theatreof Women(in early 1991) ...
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Discussion is here limited to that feminist theatre written, directed and performed by women in the theatre since 1968 ... alternative theatre groups.16The rise of the women's movementinthisperiod influenced thefirst specifically gender ...
Discussion is here limited to that feminist theatre written, directed and performed by women in the theatre since 1968 ... alternative theatre groups.16The rise of the women's movementinthisperiod influenced thefirst specifically gender ...
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Contents
Section 17 | lv |
Section 18 | lvii |
Section 19 | lxiii |
Section 20 | lxxxiii |
Section 21 | xcv |
Section 22 | xcvi |
Section 23 | ci |
Section 24 | cviii |
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Section 10 | xxxiii |
Section 11 | xliv |
Section 12 | lxi |
Section 13 | lxxix |
Section 14 | lxxxii |
Section 15 | c |
Section 16 | c |
Section 25 | 5 |
Section 26 | 4 |
Section 27 | 8 |
Section 28 | 41 |
Section 29 | 526 |
Section 30 | 357 |
Section 31 | 180 |
Section 32 | 182 |
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| Title | Contemporary Feminist Theatres: To Each Her Own Gender in Performance |
| Author | Lizbeth Goodman |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1134906951, 9781134906956 |
| Length | 328 pages |
| Subjects | › › Performing Arts / General Performing Arts / Theater / General Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism |
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